Refiners are constantly under competitive pressures and new regulations to operate key process units efficiently. Thus, a fundamental understanding of the kinetics and mechanisms in petroleum process chemistry has become increasingly important.
This symposium provides a forum for discussing and evaluating the chemistry and chemical engineering of petroleum processes. Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):
- Hydroprocessing (Hydrocracking/Hydrotreating/Hydrogenation)
- Extraction (Lube Processing/Deasphalting)
- Catalytic Reforming
- Visbreaking/Coking
- Hydrogen Production and Purification
- Olefins Production
- Heteroatom/Metal Removal
- Bioprocessing
If you are interested in contributing papers, please contact us at the numbers below for further details. Abstracts are due by April 23, 2001 and preprints by May 15, 2001. Please submit abstracts online:
www.acs.org/meetings/chicago2001/
and send preprints to the Symposium Organizers. Instructions for preprints may be found at the Division of Petroleum Chemistry website:
http://membership.acs.org/P/Petr/
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Organizer: Chang Samuel Hsu, Ph.D. ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. Process Research Laboratories P.O.Box 2226 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 225-977-7776 225-977-8037 (fax) E-mail: cshsu@erenj.com |
Paul R. Robinson, Ph.D. Aspen Technology Inc. 1293 Eldridge Parkway 281-504-3242 281-584-4329 (fax) Houston, TX 77077 paul.robinson@aspentech.com |
Agenda
Kinetics and Mechanisms of Petroleum Processes TUESDAY MORNING (August 28, 2001) Modeling and Catalytic Cracking C. S. Hsu and P. Robinson, Organizer 9:00 — Introductory Remarks. 9:10 — 32. Compositional based modeling. S. B. Jaffe, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co. 9:50 — 33. Kinetics and Mechanism of Fluid Catalytic Cracking. P. O'Connor, Akzo Nobel Catalysts 10:10 — 34. Process Options for Fluid Catalytic Cracking. J. Smith, UOP 10:30 — Intermission. 10:40 — 35. Effects of nitrogen compounds on hydrogen transfer in catalytic cracking. D. Yu, H. Xu, G. Que, Univ. of Petroleum, China 11:00 — 36. Hydrogen-transfer between hydrogen donors and model compounds with steady isotope. B. Shi, L. Wang, D. Lin, G. Que, University of Petroleum, China 11:20 — 37. Study on the transformation mechanism of thiophene during FCC Process. G. Zhu, D. Xia, G. Que, University of Petroleum, China 11:40 — Concluding Remarks. TUESDAY AFTERNOON (August 28, 2001) Hydrocracking and Reforming C. S. Hsu and P. Robinson, Organizer 1:30 — Introductory Remarks. 1:35 — 45. Overview of Crude Oil Refining. K. Detrick, UOP 2:05 — 44. Introduction to Commercial Hydrocracking. A. Gruia, UOP 2:35 — 43. Modeling Catalytic Hydrocracking: A Mechanistic Foundation. M. T. Klein, Rutgers University 3:05 — Intermission. 3:15 — 46. Modeling hydrogen synthesis with rigorous kinetics as part of plant-wide optimization. M. D. Meixell Jr., Aspen Technology 3:45 — 47. Process Options for Catalytic Reforming. A. Furfaro, UOP 4:15 — 48. Predicting Component Yields in a Commercial Catalytic Reformer Using a Kinetic Model. L. E. Turpin, Aspen Technology 4:45 — 49. Effect of Hydrogen Sulfide on Hydrodesulfurization of Straight-Run Light Gas Oil. H. Kimura, T. Fujikawa, H. Tagami, K. Idei, COSMO Research Institute, Japan 5:15 — Concluding Remarks. WEDNESDAY MORNING (August 29,2001) Desulfurization,Coking and Thermal Processing C. S. Hsu and P. Robinson, Organizer 9:00 — Introductory Remarks. 9:05 — 54. Ultra Deep Desulfurization of Diesel: How an Understanding of the Underlying Kinetics Can Reduce Investment Costs. B. H. Cooper, Haldor Topsoe A/S 9:35 — 55. Application of Hot-Stage Microscopy in the Investigation of the Thermal Chemistry of Heavy Oils and Bitumen - An Overview. P. M. Rahimi, T. Gentzis, A. DelBianco, National Center for Upgrading Technology, Canada 10:05 — 56. Mechanistic analysis on thermal cracking of petroleum residue using H-donor as a probe. A. Guo, J. Feng, Z. Wang, G. Que, University of Petroleum, China 10:35 — 57. Solvent effects in the thermal chemistry of asphaltenes. P. Rahimi, T. Gentzis, A. Delbianco, National Center for Upgrading Technology, Canada 10:55 — Intermission. 11:05 — 58. Study on the thermal decomposition of cyclic sulfides. D. Xia, G. Zhu, Y. Xiang, G. Que, Z. Yang, R. Liu, T. T. -S. Huang, University of Petroleum, China/Eastern Tennessee State University 11:25 — 59. The influence of sulfur compounds on the pyrolysis kinetics of butylbenzenes. H. O. Yasar, M. Yasar, M. A. Gurkaynak, University of Istanbul, Turkey 11:55 — Concluding Remarks. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (August 29) Characterization, Alkylation, Isomerization and Theory C. S. Hsu and P. Robinson, Organizer 1:30 — Introductory Remarks. 1:40 — 65. Quantitative description of the molecular composition of crude oil. J. W. Bunger, C. P. Russell, D. E. Cogswell, Bunger & Associates 2:10 — 66. Overview of Isomerization Processes. B. H. Johnson, UOP 2:40 — 67. Overview of HF Alkylation for Motor Fuels. K. Detrick, UOP 3:10 — Intermission. 3:20 — 68. Identification and properties of epithioarenes found in crude oil. J. W. Bunger, D. E. Cogswell, C. P. Russell, Bunger & Associates 3:50 — 69. Potential Use of Existing MTBE Process Equipment. P. Cottrell, UOP 4:20 — 70. A new general theory of catalysis. V. Y. Gankin, Y. Gankin, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry 4:50 — Concluding Remarks.
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